I stayed recently in a motel that had smoking rooms, but you could only smoke cigarettes in them, sayeth the manager. Pipes and cigars were verboten due, apparently, to the residual scent. (And I have had cigars set off the smoke detector.)

I can understand the cigars, I suppose, but not the pipe restriction. To me, residual cigarette smoke is far worse than anything a pipe might leave behind, unless it's the dottles that the guy was referencing--which I agree are nasty, but they get flushed. I chalked it up to his being a wackadoo, and took a non-smoking room out of spite. This made him apprehensive, which amused me.

And that's the last time I mention what I smoke, which was my first mistake. And never leave butts or dottles behind, and clean the friggin' ashtray. Public relations, ya' know, and tip the maid. She might not report certain liberties you have taken with the room. Contesting extra charges on your credit card is a p.i.t.a.